Lee Jae-Hyo is a Korean artist born in Hapchen in 1965. B.F.A in Plastic Arts, Hong-ik University (1992).

The materials used by Lee Jae-Hyo are wood, stone and metals (nails, bolts), basic elements in nature to create sculptures, forniture and instalations visually stunning. He use technics developed by himself through experimentation, exploring materials and process involved.

In his website you can deeply check his vast CV; exhibitions, awards and collections with his artwork and also enjoy a huge selection of images.

"The world of the western crafts, and especially that part of it that descends directly from the Arts and Crafts movement of the late 19th century, has never been able to feel much affection for things that seem to relate too directly to the world of industry. Lee Jaehyo has no such inhibitions. Stainless steel bolts and nails are part of his palette. These metal items are set into burned wood and then polished flat. They offer a myriad of small light reflecting forms against a dark surface. The effects he achieves with this technique are extremely various. Sometimes the patterns look like star maps. Sometimes they look like rippling water. Sometimes they look like spermatozoa seen through a microscope. And sometimes they look like seedlings competing for space and air."

From a review by Edward Lucie-Smith for Cynthia-Reeves Gallery in 2011 you can fully read here.

"The references are not always to nature. Some of his most intriguing works in this category make use of the forms of the western alphabet, all jumbled together. There is an almost irresistible urge to scan them for meaning, to see if one can make out some kind of coded message.

There is a message in what he does, but not one that can be read in any literal sense. Lee Jaehyo forms his materials. He respects their inherent qualities but also dominates them, both by force of skill and by force of will. In doing so, he initiates a dialogue, both with them and with us as spectators.

He also does something else, which is comparatively rare in the world of contemporary art. He is, in several senses, a playful artist. He is playful in the sense that he likes to juggle with materials, and see what they can be made to do. He is so fully in command of his skills that there is, paradoxically, no sense of the laborious."

From a review by Edward Lucie-Smith for Cynthia-Reeves Gallery in 2011 you can fully read here.

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